BreachBangClear Explains Parallax

byMatt

When I used to be smart and was studying astrophysics, I understood how parallax calculations were used to judge vast distances in space. As a photographer, I spend most of my time dealing with some level of lens distortion while taking pictures. Fast forward to utilizing firearms and you find that parallax comes into play when speaking about any level of optic. I use red dot sights on my carbines. I use a red dot sight on my pistol. I never gave the science behind it a lot of thought beyond “put that dot on a target and pull the trigger.”